In retrospect, you can trace the steps to hyperinflation, but some of the reasons remain cloudy. Germany abandoned the ... province of Upper Silesia. The Weimar Republic was politically fragile.

On September 26 [Chancellor Stresemann] suspended seven articles of the Weimar constitution, himself declared a State of Emergency...Germany had become a military dictatorship, no less ...

In fact, using a 10-year moving average, Germany and Europe's current troubles are barely visible. The country's post-WWI hyperinflation actually breaks the chart. The inflation was so severe ...

Amount of reparations to be paid Stayed the same overall (50 billion Marks) but Germany only had to pay one billion Marks per year for the first five years and 2.5 billion per year after that ...

Amount of reparations to be paid Stayed the same overall (50 billion Marks) but Germany only had to pay one billion Marks per year for the first five years and 2.5 billion per year after that ...

The coup attempt came at a time of crushing instability in Germany. The central Weimar government was ... by violent forces on the left and right. Hyperinflation ravaged the economy and ...